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Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law 
§   109.   Supplementary   regulatory   powers   of   the  commission.
  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  the  commission
  through  its  rules  and  regulations  or in allotting dates for racing,
  simulcasting or in licensing race meetings at which pari-mutuel  betting
  is permitted shall be authorized to:
    1.  permit  racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any or
  all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first day  of
  December,  inclusive  of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth,
  Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and
    2. fix minimum and maximum charges for admission at any race meeting.

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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012

Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.

Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law

§ 109. Supplementary regulatory powers of the commission. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the commission through its rules and regulations or in allotting dates for racing, simulcasting or in licensing race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted shall be authorized to: 1. permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth, Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and 2. fix minimum and maximum charges for admission at any race meeting.